Improvement in hay-tedders



A. BROWN. v

Hay Tedder.

N0. 110,893. Patented Jan. 10, 1871.

niish; 1 %iatm ALZIRUS BROWN, OB WOROESTEH, MASSACHUSETTS.

Letters Patent N0. 110,893, dated January 10, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT IN HAY-TEDDERS.

'Ei.he Schedule zefex'red to in these Letters Patent and making pari:oi' the sama.

T0 all wlwm z't mag; con-cem 130 in known that I, ALZIRUS BROWN, of thecity und connty of Worcester and Commonwealth 0f Massnchnsetts, haveinvented certnin new an l nsefnl Iniprovements in Hay-Tedders; and I doheruby declnre 13110 following o be a full, dem, und exaci: descriptionofthesznne, reference being lind to the aceomnnying drnwing forrning apnri: of this specification, in whichl*igure 1 reprosnts b froni: viewof so n1i1ch of a hny-tedder as is nedessnry to iilnstrnte m'yinvention.

Fignrc 2 represents an isometric view of the shipper-device, drzuvn 011an enlnrged senle.

'lo ennble others skilled in the art to which my invention behngs t0make und nse Ehe smne, I will proceed t0 describe lt n1ore in dctnil.

'llre natura of rny invention consists in the combinntion of certa-inpeculizir devices for operating the clutches which connect the operntinggears wit-h che traveling wheels,as hereinaftur described.

Tho pnrt nmrked A represcnts the wood part 0f the nxles A;

B, the trzweling wheels;

O, the opernt-ing genrs; und

1), tho tootlied clntches, l y 1neans 0f which they nre joined f0roperntion.

These pnrts am constrncted und combined in the ordinnry nnnnier, undtherefore need not he in0re fully described.

'lhudevice for operating the clutches consists of' two metnllic bnrs, EE, srn ported in hnngcrs aa 011 the frnme l 'lhc unter emls of the hnrsE l nrc' clnsPe(l to tl1e hnb b of the gears O, which huhs nre movahlenpon the axle in the nsnnl mnnner.

'lhe lmrs E E arc joined I0 the lowor e1nl of n lnnnl-bar, G, by 1nenns0f link-pi'eccS I[ 1-1, as shown in the (lrnwing, the pivots c c und (lall bcing loose, t0 allow fren nction of thc pnrts.

'lhe links H 11 arc nttnchcd t0 thc simles und back 0i' [Ire cnrls 0fihn bnrs E E, so thni; when rh0 links harre becn depressed ihr enongh tonnlock the clntches tl1c onds of the sliding-bzns E E \\lll 00m0togethcr, ns shown in iig. 1, prevcnting l'nrther downmn;d moramcnt o!the links, und holdi'ng und stendying all the difi'crcn parts in theposition theyihen occupy, nntil the links nreagain mised for the purposeof' throwihg the clutohes into gear.

The lmnd-bar G is supportod by an npright stand nrd, secnrcd to the nxleA A, shown ab I, und providecl with gnide J, throngh whicli the bar Gpasses, EIS indicated.

A notch, e, is for1ned in the side 0f t-he bar G, which catches npon theedge of the uppe1 guide J, and hold's the bar G &l]d links H H in anelevnted position.

A spring, K, is arranged npon n projecting lng, f, nt one side of thest-nndard, which spring presses agninst; the Sid6 of the bar U und frevents the notch e i'rom slipping oii fiorn the erlge of' i:he gnide J,all 0i' which is fnlly indicnted in t-he drawing.

The npper e1nl of the hn-r G is ronnded 150 forin n snitzrble handle, L.

T0 throw ehe clntches D int0 gear, the op'erntor takes hold of thelnrmlle L und rnises the-bnr- G ihr eiiongh t0 bring the link-pieces H Hintc 'line with t he bar E, as indicnted in fig. 2, und the nction oflinks H H presses the bar E to the left und bar E so ehe right, andthereby operntes the clntches.

T0 throw the clutchos ont of gezir, the operntor lms only t0 (linW' backthe upper end cf bar G, t0 release the notch 0 froni'the gnide J, undlet the links drup to the position indicnted in fig. l, which drnws thehingcrl t0 thc sirles nnd back 0fthc onrls of sni l bnrs lnnnl-hnr G,stnndnrd l, gnides J, und spring K, snid psirts being arrnngcd forjoint; opornt-ion ns herein shown und Set i'0rth.

ALZIRUS BROWN.

- Witncsscs: 'l1ros. H. Donau,

GEO. MILLEI},

